Analysis of To Hell With The Truth
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Fuck it.
To hell with the truth.
What is truth but a fallacy?
A fleeting notion,
A fading memory,
A whisper on the wind,
A passing thought,
Ephemeral
And evasive,
Easily forgotten.
As the history
Of the world unfolds,
The truth,
It seems,
Hardly matters at all,
A mere tool
In the hands of the brave
And bold,
Or a weapon
For those who seek
To control.
What value is there
In truth, I ask?
It's irrelevant
And immaterial,
As they say,
Mere words on a page,
An impossible task,
Because truth
Is nothing
But a game we play.
No, give me lies,
The stuff of dreams,
That give life
To this mad,
Misbegotten crew,
Whether we're drunk
Or sober,
So it seems,
It's the lie
That gives us all our plot.
So, to hell with the truth,
Let it fade away,
As we dance
To the tune
Of our pipe dream,
Let the lies
Guide us through the hours,
And give us the courage
To live our life.
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (52%) Etheree (32%) |
Metre | 11 11101 11110100 01010 010100 010101 0101 0100 0010 100010 10100 10101 01 11 101011 011 001101 01 1010 1111 101 11011 0111 10100 00100 111 11101 101001 011 110 10111 1111 0111 111 111 0101 1011 110 111 101 1111101 111101 11101 111 101 11011 101 111010 011010 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 891 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 50 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 655 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 169 |
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Written on July 02, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on July 02, 2023
Modified by JoeStrickland on July 02, 2023
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